Type II Diabetes Type 2 diabetes occurs when the pancreas does not produce enough insulin or the body can not used it adequately. This is called insulin resistance. When there is not insulin or is not used as it should be, glucose can not get into the body cells and builds up in the blood, and cells cannot work properly. This causes problems such as dehydration, diabetic coma, and damage to the body. Those who are obese, women who have had gestational diabetes, people with family history of type 2, and those who have metabolic syndrome are more at high risk of the disease.
More common that type 1 diabetes, the causes are less well understood. The symptom vary from person to person and if is not well control there are a number of serious of life threatening problems you may experience such as retinopathy, kidney damage, poor blood circulation and nerve damage.
Type 2 diabetes occurs when the pancreas does not produce enough insulin or the body can not used it adequately. This is called insulin resistance. When there is not insulin or is not used as it should be, glucose can not get into the body cells and builds up in the blood, and cells cannot work properly. This causes problems such as dehydration, diabetic coma, and damage to the body. Those who are obese, women who have had gestational diabetes, people with family history of type 2, and those who have metabolic syndrome are more at high risk of the disease.
More common that type 1 diabetes, the causes are less well understood. The symptom vary from person to person and if is not well control there are a number of serious of life threatening problems you may experience such as retinopathy, kidney damage, poor blood circulation and nerve damage.